the loud creaking of the pilings

[Jon Ford]

Career is mainly used with horses-- maybe "careen" would be better, as it is 
a nautical term. Anyway,
the sentence has a macabre cast in the light of the recent catastrophe on 
the Staten Island Ferry. Is it a quote from the Times?


Jon

>From: Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@ando.pair.com>
>To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net, byronmarshall2001@yahoo.com
>Subject: the loud creaking of the pilings
>Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:58:38 -0500
>
>as the ferry boat gently careers off the
>pilings before fetching up at the landing,
>the pilings creak loudly
>

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